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Motorcycle crashes cause some of the most severe and fatal injuries of any type of motor vehicle accident. Decreased protection and increased likelihood of being ejected from the vehicle means that motorcycle riders face more danger than passenger vehicle occupants. If you or a loved one has been injured on the road, an experienced Wilmington motorcycle accident attorney to protect your right to be compensated for any and all injuries sustained in an accident. Motorcycle accident victims have a ...

Motorcycles are synonymous with summers in Wilmington and the Tar Heel State at large. However, it's no secret that motorcycles fail to provide adequate protection for riders against motorcycle accident injuries comparative to passenger vehicles. While the latter is equipped with airbags and seat belts and encased in metal and glass, there is nothing between the motorcyclist and the pavement. When it comes to filing a motorcycle accident lawsuit in North Carolina, there are some things you will need ...

Technological safety improvements within the trucking industry have evolved rapidly in recent years. New models of commercial trucks are equipped with forward collision warnings, automatic braking and more. Now, an increasing number of trucking companies are investing in truck cameras, installed inside the cabin. The cameras are always "on" when the vehicle is in motion, but are only triggered to record by certain actions, such as hard-braking, rapid acceleration or swerving. The recording will capture a few seconds prior ...

Recently two men died in a Charlotte trucking accident when their street-sweeping truck reportedly skidded off Interstate-77 before sunrise one rainy Sunday morning. The truck careened into a cluster of trees, and The Charlotte Observer reports it was several hours before the truck was discovered. The tragic crash highlights a troubling upward trend in trucking accidents in North Carolina and throughout the country, according to the latest report from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The agency reports there ...

From 2003 to 2007, close to half of all car accidents involved at least one motorist engaging in some type of aggressive driving behavior prior to the crash, according to AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. One reason why many motorists engage in aggressive behavior is due to the everyday frustration of driving. Motorists can become angry if they get stuck in traffic or grow irritated if they feel others around them are going too slowly. Some drivers get angry when another driver purposefully cuts them off ...

In 2013, Reuters published an article warning of the dangers of drug use among commercial truck drivers. According to Reuters, a significant portion of commercial motor vehicle drivers in the United States, and worldwide, were being driven truckers who were impaired by alcohol or drugs. Around 20 percent of truckers admitted to using marijuana, for example, while 12.5 percent tested positive for alcohol and three percent admitted to cocaine use. The specific total number of truckers using various types of ...

Children are very vulnerable to being hurt in a motor vehicle accident. There are steps that parents can take to try to reduce the risk a child will be hurt or killed. Unfortunately, even if a child is properly secured in the back seat of a car, that young child could be severely hurt or killed if a driver is careless and causes an accident to happen. If a child sustains crash injuries, parents must be prepared to fight for ...

Between 2009 and 2013, there was a 17 percent increase in truck accident deaths, according to New York Times. For four years in a row, the number of deaths in truck involved crashes went up. Many of the people killed who died in truck collisions were passengers in cars other than the truck, and the rising number of people killed in truck-involved accidents happened at the same time as a three percent drop in overall car accident fatalities occurred. ...

Nothing can ruin the holiday season faster than an auto accident. Unfortunately, more than 27,900 people will get hurt over the course of this holiday season as a result of auto accidents. USA Today also reports around 250 people will be killed nationwide in collisions over the holiday period spanning Christmas Eve to New Years. For families affected by serious injuries or fatalities due to holiday auto accidents, life will never be the same. Victims and their families should ...

According to the Mayo Clinic, car accidents are the cause of 35 percent of new spinal cord injuries which occur each year. If you are one of the victims of a spinal cord injury, you should expect a substantial and expensive recovery process, if recovery is even possible. Depending upon the nature of the injury, complete paralysis could result and you may need lifelong medical care. Spinal cord injuries are some of the most expensive of all injuries to ...

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